Microsoft FSX Real-Life Weather

On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:38:18 -0400, Peter Clark wrote:

I don't think they're talking about the "stock" FS Garmin unit (which
does not do a lot of things the real unit does),

Ron can't be talking about the RealityXP Garmin because it won't run with
FSX.. he must be talking about the "default" GPS that comes with FSX.

--
Dallas

Ron A. writes:

Sorry Jay, you obviously don't use the Garmin sim for approaches. It is
pathetic how bad it is. My FSX with SP1 flying the GPS 30 into IOW (your
airport) does the following.

The GPS 30? I was talking about the GPS units in add-ons to MSFS, which (in
the case of Reality XP instruments) are powered directly by Garmin's own
simulation software. They look and work like the real thing.

Serious simmers do not simply use the base MSFS product. There are many
ultrarealistic add-ons that go far beyond the compromises embodied in the
standard default aircraft.

Mxsmanic wrote in
:

Ron A. writes:

Sorry Jay, you obviously don't use the Garmin sim for approaches.
It is pathetic how bad it is. My FSX with SP1 flying the GPS 30
into IOW (your airport) does the following.

The GPS 30? I was talking about the GPS units in add-ons to MSFS,
which (in the case of Reality XP instruments) are powered directly by
Garmin's own simulation software. They look and work like the real
thing.

No, they don't



Bertie

Sorry Jay, you obviously don't use the Garmin sim for approaches. It is
pathetic how bad it is. My FSX with SP1 flying the GPS 30 into IOW (your
airport) does the following.

The GPS 30? I was talking about the GPS units in add-ons to MSFS, which (in
the case of Reality XP instruments) are powered directly by Garmin's own
simulation software. They look and work like the real thing.

He was referring to flying the GPS Rwy 30 approach, not a Garmin GPS
model number...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:47:17 -0700, Jay Honeck
wrote:

The Garmin GPS units are recreated with complete accuracy

No, they aren't.

Yes, 'fraid they are.

During the last 8 months I have been working with the FAA to get my
3rd class reinstated, so of course I have not been able to fly.
However, I have been using FS2004 and FSX to see if it these flight
sims would, at a minimum, help keep me from forgetting some of the
basic procedures.
Since my recent experience has been in Piper Archer III aircraft, I
wanted a sim aircraft that was as identical to that as possible. After
looking around the 'net for a while I ran across an Archer III that
incorporates the Garmin 430 trainer for the GPS in the sim. This
aircraft is only available for the FS2004 version, so I have abandoned
FSX altogether.
So far, the sim GPS seems to be as functional as the 430's in the real
Archers I have flown. But I have yet to fly enough to fully try out
all the capabilities of the 430s.

The Garmin GPS units are recreated with complete accuracy

No, they aren't.

Yes, 'fraid they are.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder 56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote in news:1193168888.248907.85890
@v23g2000prn.googlegroups.com:

The Garmin GPS units are recreated with complete accuracy

No, they aren't.

Yes, 'fraid they are.


No, they aren't


Bertie

On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:48:08 -0700, Jay Honeck wrote:

Yes, 'fraid they are.

Sorta yes and no...

The RXP Garmin 430/530 for Flight Sim can't be upgraded with WAAS software,
topographic map databases/terrain awareness or the datalink receiver for
NEXRAD, METARs, TAFs and lightning data.

But oddly enough, it can cross-fill if you have two of them... something
even the Garmin Trainer can't do.

--
Dallas

Dallas writes:

The RXP Garmin 430/530 for Flight Sim can't be upgraded with WAAS software,
topographic map databases/terrain awareness or the datalink receiver for
NEXRAD, METARs, TAFs and lightning data.

All the buttons work the same.

Mxsmanic wrote in
:

Dallas writes:

The RXP Garmin 430/530 for Flight Sim can't be upgraded with WAAS
software, topographic map databases/terrain awareness or the datalink
receiver for NEXRAD, METARs, TAFs and lightning data.

All the buttons work the same.


How would you know, fjukkwit?


Bertie